Today, I introduced the novel Life of Pi, by Yann Martel (you took it out from the library). We started our examination by looking at the title and the cover (see "INS Before Activity"). I then provided you with a Powerpoint that addressed the following. If you were not here, you will need to do a web search to fill in the particulars:
Yann Martel: Background on the author
Background of India during "The Emergency" (1975-77)
Expository information: why Pi left India
Classifications of novel
* postcolonial
*magical realism
* bildungsroman
* adventure story
* non fiction (but it IS a fiction)
Themes:
* importance of faith
* will to live
Motifs:
* territorial dominance
* hunger and thirst
* ritual
Symbols:
* Pi's name
* the colour orange
I then began to read to you the "Author's Note" which is indeed the first part of the story. I read pages V to VIII (just under four pages) stopping when the bell rang (VIII, par. 2).
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